Three arithmetic style ‘tests’ - great to check in with children’s knowledge. 1.) place value 2.) four operations (focus on multiplication, prime numbers, etc.) 3.) four operations (focus on multiplication and division)

‘The adventure begins here’ lettering in a cloud-coloured font Balloons and hot air balloon basket to create a colourful door display or noticeboard for your classroom. Words on balloons include: readers mathematicians scientists explorers historians artists musicians writers learners sporty teamwork thinkers a friend respected important inspired risk takers dreamers supportive the future

A lesson about where Egypt is in the world. Children identify which continent Egypt is in and looks at the key geographical features of Egypt. Children can use air dry clay to create the shape of Egypt and then paint on the features. Suggested resources: Google Earth, atlas, globe.

‘Sharp Work Our Work is on Point’ display lettering with several different A4 prints that are perfect to be laminated and used to pin children’s best work on. My kiddies love this display and I added real succulents on the table infront of the display board.

Large and small tray labels with a marble effect. General classroom resources and subjects. Available as word document and pdf version for easy scaling/editing.

‘You can do great things’ lettering. I backed onto black card to make the words stand out even more.

A unit based on area and perimeter (Year Five). Linked to housing plans for The Tudors and the book ‘The Secret Diary of a Tudor Boy Spy’. Objectives cover include: Cold Task LI: To explore position and direction, area and perimeter. LI: To calculate the perimeter of different shapes. LI: To calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes.* LI: To collaboratively plan and design a Tudor house and gardens. LI: To calculate the area of rectangles. LI: To calculate the area of compound shapes. * LI: To design and present my Tudor House demonstrating my understanding of measurement, area and perimeter. Hot Task LI: To explain Tudor houses and gardens. *This lessons require Twinkl worksheets (not included) or a different type of worksheet (not provided). All over necessary worksheets/resources are included.

A song based on The Stone Age, sang to Queen’s We Will Rock You. Perfect for a bit of fun, or in our case, our class assembly!

Link to history/The Ancient Egyptians. Investigate the mummification process and consolidate understanding of mummification. Children get to mummify their own apples, making predictions, comparing the experiment to what the Ancient Egyptians did and evaluating the experiment at a later date. (Can leave the apples as long as you like - we left them for 10 days!) Children love completing this experiment and are engaged the entire time! Materials needed: Small apples, antibacterial hand gel, table salt, bicarbonate of soda, plastic cups, paper towels, vegetable peeler, labels.

Watercolour reading quotes great for a reading display or book corner! 10 quotes on a5, can be blown up bigger.

8 lessons focusing on WWII poetry. This is used with my Year Sixes but could work across KS2. Starters range from games to recapping nouns, synonyms and expanded noun phrases. Additional handwriting agreement lesson included. Lessons include: LI: To write a piece of poetry (cold task) LI: To explore a range of poems. LI: To use a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms. LI: To explore and use figurative language. LI: To class write a poem. LI: To plan a WWII inspired poem. LI: To write a WWII inspired poem. LI: To publish and perform a poem. Please note these lessons are in SMARTnotebook format. I have also included a PDF version of the slides.